Blotter



Feb.1o, 1931. E H,TH0MPSQN 1,792,405

BLOTTER Filed June 21, 1929 INVENTOR wmuass: ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 10, 1931 EGBERT HERRON THOMPSON,

on JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA BLOTTER Application led .Tune 21,

This invention more particularly relates to improvements in blotters and other devices for absorbing or drying the ink from pen 1nscriptions.

An object of the invention contemplates the provision and arrangement of means whereby the blotters may be conveniently worn upon the palm of the hand and yet permit unrestricted use of the hand for other purposes.

A further object of the invention embodies retaining members for the blotter having detachable connection therewith to permit replacement ofthe blotting material when nece-ssary or desired.

vWith the above and other objects in view,

the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of my invention as applied upon the palm of a hand. Y

Figure 2 is an elevation of the back of a hand illustrating by dotted lines the arrangement of the' invention thereon.

Figures 3 and 4 are horizontal sectional views take-n on lines 3-3 and 4 4 respectively through Figure 2 of the drawing.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail sectional view of the blotter retaining means.

Referring to the drawing in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates the base of the blotter support and which is to be constructed of some pliable material which will permit freedom in the 2Puse of the hand, and which may be in the nature of rubber, leather and the like. The

L0 base disclosed in outline in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing is shaped to cover the adjacentV portions of the palm and wrist. Strap members 11 and 12, carried upon the opposite side edges of the reduced projecting portion arranged beneath the wrist of the wearers hand are adapted for adjustable connection upon their oppositeends through the use and employment of abu'ckleor like fastening, such as indicated at 13.

5D In view of the facttliat cupping of the 1929. Serial No. 372,760.

hand enlarges the joints, an adjustable strap, as mentioned in the foregoing, would not permit freedom in the use of the hand and would cause binding. To overcome this apparent d'iiculty, I provide a strip, indicatedV f as at 14, of elastic characteristics and which is looped through a yoke 15 carried within the doubled end of a strap 16 secured to the upper side and adjacent an outermost edge of the base member 10 in the manner as best shown in Figure 4 of the drawing. An end 17 of the elastic strip 14 is securedA to the base 10 in a manner similar to the strap 17 and is subsequently passed through a sliding acl-. r justing buckle 18 carried upon the opposite end of the elastic strap.

The retaining members consist of plates 19 having penetrating prongs 20 formed thereon of bendable character and which are otj.

set from the plates, projecting through and bent reversely upon the base to sustain the retaining elements at diagonally opposite corners of a square as defined upon the under surface of the base 10. The opposite ends of the plates are shaped to points and which have the loose pieces or flanges 21 of the plates formed thereby reversely disposed over and upon the plates proper to retain the adjacent portions ofa square of blotting material, such as indicated at 22 thereagainst.

It is obviously apparent that the portions 21 may be sprung away or otherwise spaced temporarily from the plates 19 during the removal and replacement of blotting sheets.

It is to be noted that the present invention may be used to advantage by clerks, bookkeepers, auditors, accountants, students, and in fact everyone who uses a pen constantly.

The' invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A blotting device comprising a base of pliable material designed for flush engagement with the palm and wrist of a hand, attaching means for the base adjustably and detachably securing the latter in position for use, an absorbent element facing the under surface of the base, retaining members having prongs penetrating the base for disposition adjacent to and beneath the corners of the absorbent element, and flanges carried upon the plates extended over and sprung against the corner portions of the absorbent element to retain the latter against displacement upon the base.

In testimony whereof I afiX my signature.

EGBERT HERRON THOMPSON. 

